NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 15 is an important chapter in the EVS subject designed by the NCERT for Class 4 students. This chapter introduces students to the concepts of different vegetables and fruits in the form of a story. The NCERT Solutions for this chapter are available in PDF, which can be downloaded from the link given below. By introducing these concepts to the students, they can learn about the various types of fruits and vegetables.
NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Looking Around Chapter 15 From Market to Home
Access Answers to NCERT Class 4 EVS Chapter 15
Page No: 119
1. Does anyone in your house have to get up very early? What time do they get up? Why do they need to get up so early?
Answer:
Yes, my elder brother gets up early. He gets up by 5:30 a.m. to visit the gym to stay fit.
In the Bazaar
Let us talk
1. Babuji sells the previous day’s vegetables first. Why do you think he does this?
Answer:
He sells the previous day’s vegetables first as they might get spoilt.
2. Have you seen dried or spoilt vegetables? Where?
Answer:
Yes, I have seen dried and spoilt vegetables. I have seen them at home and also in the vegetable market.
3. How did you know that the vegetables were spoilt?
Answer:
When vegetables are spoilt, wrinkles appear, moulds grow, and they give a foul smell.
4. Chhotu is helping his family. What do you think Chhotu has learnt from it?
Answer:
Chhoti has learnt the art of helping others. He also learnt what teamwork is.
5. How do you help the elders in your family?
Answer:
I help the elders in my family by providing support when they are walking and picking up things which are heavy or distant to them by handing these things to them.
6. Look at the clocks given below. Write what you do, and what Vaishali does, at the time which the clocks are showing.
Answer:
| Name/Time | 3 o’clock morning | 6 o’clock morning | 10 o’clock night |
| Vaishali | Takes out vegetables | Putting vegetables in the bag | Sleeps |
| Me | Sleep | Prepare lessons | Going to bed |
7. From where do you get vegetables for your home? Who brings the vegetables?
Answer:
We get vegetables from the nearby market. My mother and I bring them home.
Some fun with vegetables
The next time when you get okra (Bhindi) at home, look at them carefully. Are all of them the same size?
Answer:
No, all of them are not of the same size.
(a) Find the longest and the shortest one. Measure them.
Answer:
The longest lady’s finger was 5 inches, and the shortest one was 2.5 inches.
(b) Do all the okra (Bhindi) have the same thickness and colour? Cut two okra (Bhindi) lengthwise. Do both of them have the same number of seeds? Draw them in your notebook.
Answer:
All of them have different thicknesses but are of the same colour. No, they do not have the same number of seeds.
(c) Seema’s mother has brought some fruits and vegetables from the market. Can you find them in this picture? Colour them and write their names alongside.
Answer:
I can find tomato, carrot, potato, spinach, brinjal, pumpkin and lady’s finger.
Find out
1. Given here is a list of vegetables and fruits. Which of these will spoil earlier, and which will stay for some days? Write the names in the correct column. You can add more names to the list.
Spinach, Potato, Banana, Tomato, Pear
Chikoo, Pineapple, Gourd, Onion, Cabbage
Cucumber, Grapes, Ginger
| Fruits and vegetables that spoil quickly | Fruits and vegetables that can stay for some days |
Answer:
| Fruits and vegetables that spoil quickly | Fruits and vegetables that can stay for some days |
| Cabbage | Potato |
| Banana | Cucumber |
| Spinach | Onion |
| Tomato | Chikoo |
| Pear | Pineapple |
| Bitter Gourd |
2. Some of these fruits and vegetables are smooth to touch, while some are rough. From the list above, put the names in the correct column.
| Smooth | Rough |
Answer:
| Smooth | Rough |
| Tomato | Onion |
| Brinjal | Cabbage |
| Potato | Pineapple |
| Apple | Bitter Gourd |
3. Which vegetable do you find the heaviest to carry? Write its name and draw its picture in your notebook.
Answer:
Pumpkin
4. Which is the lightest fruit or vegetable that you have eaten? Write its name and draw the picture in your notebook.
Answer:
Grapes
5. Write the names of three vegetables which do not have seeds.
Answer:
Cabbage, potato, and cauliflower are vegetables which do not have seeds.
6. Fill in the table given below. You can add three more names and fill in the table.
Answer:
7. Talk with a vegetable seller in your area. Ask the following questions and make a brief report in the notebook.
(a) What is his name?
Answer:
His name is Ganesh Moorthy.
(b) How many people are there in his house? How many children are there at home?
Answer:
There are 8 people in his house. There are 3 children at home.
(c) What are the names of the children? How old are they?
Answer:
The names and ages of the children are as follows:
Ravi – 13 years old
Ashok – 10 years old
Priya – 5 years old
(d) Who all help in the work of selling vegetables?
Answer:
His wife and the elder son help in the work of selling vegetables.
(e) Who all stay with the vegetable cart or in the shop?
Answer:
His father, wife and daughter stay at the shop.
(f) What vegetables do they sell?
Answer:
They sell all kinds of vegetables.
(g) What time do they start work?
Answer:
They start their work in the early morning at 4:30 a.m.
(h) For how many hours in a day do they work?
Answer:
They work for nearly 14 to 15 hours a day.
(i) Ask them about any three vegetables that they sell.
Answer:
VERY GOOD